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cabin (9 points)
House in the woods, maybe
Where to find the skipper (wordplay)
Fever cause (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+B·3+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
cacti (9 points)
Vegetation seen during Baja race (pl.)
Ones sticking around a desert (wordplay)
Plants that look sharp (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+C·3+T·1+I·1 = 9 pts
cadis (8 points)
Muslim magistrates (var.)
Mohammedan VIP's.
Judges in Baghdad.
C·3+A·1+D·2+I·1+S·1 = 8 pts
caids (8 points)
Moorish commanders.
Moorish commanders
C·3+A·1+I·1+D·2+S·1 = 8 pts
cains (7 points)
Actor Dean and CEO Herman
Family of Mildred Pierce's creator
Actor Dean et al
C·3+A·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts
caird (8 points)
Antarcticas Coast
Scottish hobo
C·3+A·1+I·1+R·1+D·2 = 8 pts
cairn (7 points)
Gormless mountain dog!
- terrier (Toto, for example)
Reading perhaps skirted by killer dog
C·3+A·1+I·1+R·1+N·1 = 7 pts
calif (10 points)
Golden State (Abbreviation)
Moslem leader (var.)
State of Muslim V.I.P. (wordplay)
C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+F·4 = 10 pts
calix (14 points)
Cup or chalice.
Bowl-shaped drinking vessel
Bowlshaped drinking vessel
C·3+A·1+L·1+I·1+X·8 = 14 pts
campi (11 points)
Fields to Agricola
Fields, to Agricola
Open places in Italy.
C·3+A·1+M·3+P·3+I·1 = 11 pts
canid (8 points)
Jackal, for one
Jackal or fox
Wolf, for example
C·3+A·1+N·1+I·1+D·2 = 8 pts
carpi (9 points)
Wrist bones - Capri (anagram)
Parts of arms
Some more bones
C·3+A·1+R·1+P·3+I·1 = 9 pts
cavie (10 points)
""A hen coop, also KEAVIE""
C·3+A·1+V·4+I·1+E·1 = 10 pts
cavil (10 points)
Quibble (about)
Find fault frivolously.
Make petty objections
C·3+A·1+V·4+I·1+L·1 = 10 pts
cebid (10 points)
""One of a family of monkeys, also CEBOID""
C·3+E·1+B·3+I·1+D·2 = 10 pts
cedis (8 points)
Money of Ghana
C·3+E·1+D·2+I·1+S·1 = 8 pts
ceiba (9 points)
Silk-cotton tree
Tree yielding kapok.
Honduran port west of Trujillo.
C·3+E·1+I·1+B·3+A·1 = 9 pts
ceils (7 points)
Covers the overhead (wordplay)
Overlays the overhead (wordplay)
Overlays with plaster.
C·3+E·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 7 pts
celli (7 points)
Yo-Yo strings (wordplay)
String orchestra section
Items for Casals
C·3+E·1+L·1+L·1+I·1 = 7 pts
cerci (9 points)
Cercus
C·3+E·1+R·1+C·3+I·1 = 9 pts
ceria (7 points)
Powder used in glass-polishing
A white chemical compound
White chemical compound.
C·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+A·1 = 7 pts
ceric (9 points)
Containing the th element
Of an element
Containing a certain element
C·3+E·1+R·1+I·1+C·3 = 9 pts
cesti (7 points)
Goddesses' foundations (wordplay)
Old Greek belts
Il pomo doro composer Antonio
C·3+E·1+S·1+T·1+I·1 = 7 pts
chain (10 points)
Tea in group of hotels (wordplay)
IHOP for one
Costco, for one
C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+N·1 = 10 pts
chair (10 points)
Bean bag, for one
Committee head (letters 2-5 +...)
Rocker, say, meeting conductor
C·3+H·4+A·1+I·1+R·1 = 10 pts
chiao (10 points)
NASA astronaut Leroy
Small Chinese coin
Chinese unit of currency
C·3+H·4+I·1+A·1+O·1 = 10 pts
chias (10 points)
Plants that make pets
Plants that make "pets"
Green "pets"
C·3+H·4+I·1+A·1+S·1 = 10 pts
chick (16 points)
Hen party topic (wordplay)
You may get a peep out of this
Pretty young miss
C·3+H·4+I·1+C·3+K·5 = 16 pts
chico (12 points)
The Man's man (wordplay)
Stylish character (wordplay)
Marx's fashionable circle
C·3+H·4+I·1+C·3+O·1 = 12 pts
chics (12 points)
Stylishnesses
Fashions
C·3+H·4+I·1+C·3+S·1 = 12 pts
chide (11 points)
Say "Tsk!" to
Say "Tsk tsk!"
Say "tut-tut" to
C·3+H·4+I·1+D·2+E·1 = 11 pts
chief (13 points)
Address for an officer, perhaps
Sitting Bull for one
Crazy Horse, for one
C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+F·4 = 13 pts
chiel (10 points)
""A young man, also CHIELD""
C·3+H·4+I·1+E·1+L·1 = 10 pts
child (11 points)
Labor issue (wordplay)
Son maybe drinking litre is scolded
First-grader, for one
C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+D·2 = 11 pts
chile (10 points)
Cool South American country (wordplay)
Cold country (wordplay)
S American country, capital Santiago 95)
C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+E·1 = 10 pts
chili (10 points)
Camp cook's meal, perhaps
Dog blanket (wordplay)
Post-rodeo chow, perhaps
C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+I·1 = 10 pts
chill (10 points)
Put in the fridge, say
Relax in an igloo (wordplay)
Put in the fridge say
C·3+H·4+I·1+L·1+L·1 = 10 pts
chimb (14 points)
The rim of a cask
C·3+H·4+I·1+M·3+B·3 = 14 pts
chime (12 points)
Voice of Grandfather Time?
Strike a chord, say
Doorbell sound, perhaps
C·3+H·4+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 12 pts
chimp (14 points)
Curious George, for one
Washoe, for one
Cheetah, for one
C·3+H·4+I·1+M·3+P·3 = 14 pts
china (10 points)
Cabinet members (wordplay)
Home plates (wordplay)
Punch a mate in Cheapside (wordplay)
C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+A·1 = 10 pts
chine (10 points)
Cut of meat
Ridge or crest
Animal's backbone.
C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 10 pts
chink (14 points)
To fill up cracks
C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+K·5 = 14 pts
chino (10 points)
Durable trousers fabric
California city or cotton cloth
Work-clothes material
C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+O·1 = 10 pts
chins (10 points)
Leading parts in boxing films (wordplay)
Double features (wordplay)
Goes up in a gym, perhaps
C·3+H·4+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 10 pts
chips (12 points)
Ante matter (wordplay)
Takes the edge off maybe
Counters for fast food (wordplay)
C·3+H·4+I·1+P·3+S·1 = 12 pts
chirk (14 points)
Become cheerful (with "up").
Become cheerful with up
C·3+H·4+I·1+R·1+K·5 = 14 pts
chirm (12 points)
To {chirp=v}
C·3+H·4+I·1+R·1+M·3 = 12 pts
chiro (10 points)
Large, silvery food fish
Prefix meaning "hand" (as in -practor or -mancy)
Prefix meaning hand as in practor or mancy
C·3+H·4+I·1+R·1+O·1 = 10 pts
chirp (12 points)
"More worm, please" (nonverbal)
Tweet substitute (wordplay)
Wake-up call (wordplay)
C·3+H·4+I·1+R·1+P·3 = 12 pts
chirr (10 points)
Trill like a bird
Trilling insect noise
Sound made by a grasshopper.
C·3+H·4+I·1+R·1+R·1 = 10 pts
chits (10 points)
Favors in the bank
Bill's children
Club i.o.u.'s
C·3+H·4+I·1+T·1+S·1 = 10 pts
chive (13 points)
12 down-like herb
Onion's kin
Onion's cousin.
C·3+H·4+I·1+V·4+E·1 = 13 pts
chivy (16 points)
Badger starts to chase Himalayan climber
C·3+H·4+I·1+V·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
choir (10 points)
Vocal church group (wordplay)
Mormon Tabernacle for one
Lofty group (wordplay)
C·3+H·4+O·1+I·1+R·1 = 10 pts
cibol (9 points)
Welsh onion
C·3+I·1+B·3+O·1+L·1 = 9 pts
cider (8 points)
Product of the press (wordplay)
Beverage in a jug, perhaps
Jug filler maybe
C·3+I·1+D·2+E·1+R·1 = 8 pts
cigar (8 points)
Corona for one
Puffer's pleasure, perhaps
Proud papas handout perhaps
C·3+I·1+G·2+A·1+R·1 = 8 pts
cilia (7 points)
20 lashes, maybe (wordplay)
Fringe group (wordplay)
Protozoa propellers, perhaps
C·3+I·1+L·1+I·1+A·1 = 7 pts
cimex (16 points)
Bedbug Latin style
Bedbug, Latin style.
Bedbugs
C·3+I·1+M·3+E·1+X·8 = 16 pts
cinch (12 points)
Easy task (slang)
Lead-pipe thing (wordplay)
Walkover for military leader's horse
C·3+I·1+N·1+C·3+H·4 = 12 pts
cines (7 points)
French movie houses
Movies in Mexicompany
Movies in Mexico
C·3+I·1+N·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
cions (7 points)
Branch lines (wordplay)
Twigs for grafting.
Shoots for grafting
C·3+I·1+O·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts
circa (9 points)
Around (the date of)
About (a time)
About (regarding dates)
C·3+I·1+R·1+C·3+A·1 = 9 pts
cires (7 points)
Highly-glazed fabrics
Glazed fabrics
Waxy finishes
C·3+I·1+R·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
cirri (7 points)
Filmy, fleecy clouds
Atmospheric features of Mars
Fleecy high clouds.
C·3+I·1+R·1+R·1+I·1 = 7 pts
cisco (9 points)
Great Lakes food fish (we kid you not)
Kid's name (wordplay)
Porter's goat (wordplay)
C·3+I·1+S·1+C·3+O·1 = 9 pts
cissy (10 points)
Feeble person (colloq.)
Whitney Houston's mom
Girl's nickname.
C·3+I·1+S·1+S·1+Y·4 = 10 pts
cists (7 points)
Ancient Roman chests
Chests of ancient Greece.
Old Roman receptacles
C·3+I·1+S·1+T·1+S·1 = 7 pts
cited (8 points)
Put in a bibliography say
Back cover (wordplay)
Put in a bibliography, say
C·3+I·1+T·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
citer (7 points)
Term paper author for one
Term paper author, for one
Lawyer often in court briefs
C·3+I·1+T·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
cites (7 points)
Names, landmarks and eyesores, say
Quotes (an author)
Names landmarks and eyesores, say
C·3+I·1+T·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
civet (10 points)
Meerkat for one
Meerkat, for one
Cat for scent
C·3+I·1+V·4+E·1+T·1 = 10 pts
civic (12 points)
Car in reverse (wordplay)
Honda, even in reverse (wordplay)
Type of pride (Honda)
C·3+I·1+V·4+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts
civie (10 points)
Non-soldier: Slang
Non-soldier Slang
Nonsoldier Slang
C·3+I·1+V·4+I·1+E·1 = 10 pts
civil (10 points)
union samesex relationship status
Like some wars
Kind of suit
C·3+I·1+V·4+I·1+L·1 = 10 pts
civvy (16 points)
Not military, informally
Not military informally
C·3+I·1+V·4+V·4+Y·4 = 16 pts
claim (9 points)
Put a flag in the ground, maybe
Say with assurance
Say "That's mine"
C·3+L·1+A·1+I·1+M·3 = 9 pts
clavi (10 points)
Key: Comb. form
Peterson's pal on "Cheers"
Petersons pal on Cheers
C·3+L·1+A·1+V·4+I·1 = 10 pts
click (13 points)
Highlight on the screen, say
Beetle to work with mouse (wordplay)
Make a menu choice, say
C·3+L·1+I·1+C·3+K·5 = 13 pts
cliff (13 points)
Hanger's place (wordplay)
Rappeller's hangout!
Bluff a national treasure (wordplay)
C·3+L·1+I·1+F·4+F·4 = 13 pts
clift (10 points)
Political pundit Eleanor
Montgomery of "The Young Lions"
Red River star
C·3+L·1+I·1+F·4+T·1 = 10 pts
climb (11 points)
The get-up of a cleg, perhaps (wordplay)
Career path maybe
Career path, maybe
C·3+L·1+I·1+M·3+B·3 = 11 pts
clime (9 points)
The Arctic for one
The Arctic, for one
Weather, when it gets verse (wordplay)
C·3+L·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 9 pts
cline (7 points)
Country's Patsy
'She's Got You' singer, 1962
Lange in "Sweet Dreams"
C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+E·1 = 7 pts
cling (8 points)
Be codependent say
Stick close (to surface)
Exhibit stick-to-it-iveness (wordplay)
C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 8 pts
clink (11 points)
Rattle of coins; prison (slang)
Sound from a toaster (wordplay)
Sound heard shortly after "Here's to..."
C·3+L·1+I·1+N·1+K·5 = 11 pts
clips (9 points)
Blows caught mouth (wordplay)
Office holders (wordplay)
Old movie excerpts
C·3+L·1+I·1+P·3+S·1 = 9 pts
clipt (9 points)
Cut short old style
Some newsletter pictures
Like some wings, poetically
C·3+L·1+I·1+P·3+T·1 = 9 pts
coati (7 points)
Oi cat ! (anagram)
Coon's kin
Paint one Central American native
C·3+O·1+A·1+T·1+I·1 = 7 pts
cobia (9 points)
Voracious game fish
Juicy seafood restaurant choice
Sergeant fish
C·3+O·1+B·3+I·1+A·1 = 9 pts
cocci (11 points)
Bacteria in bird's eye, say
Strep throat bacteria
Spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
C·3+O·1+C·3+C·3+I·1 = 11 pts
coifs (10 points)
Updo and Afro
Creations by Mr. Kenneth
Styles the hair
C·3+O·1+I·1+F·4+S·1 = 10 pts
coign (8 points)
of vantage good position for viewing
of vantage good position for action
of vantage favorable position
C·3+O·1+I·1+G·2+N·1 = 8 pts
coils (7 points)
Prepares to strike maybe
Prepares to strike, maybe
Spring winds (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+I·1+L·1+S·1 = 7 pts
coins (7 points)
Says for the first time
Fountain finds (wordplay)
Elements of change (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+I·1+N·1+S·1 = 7 pts
coirs (7 points)
Fibers from coconut husk.
Coconut fibers.
Coconut fibers
C·3+O·1+I·1+R·1+S·1 = 7 pts
colic (9 points)
Cause of baby blues (wordplay)
Crying baby's problem, perhaps
Abdominal pain (in babies and horses)
C·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+C·3 = 9 pts
colin (7 points)
General Powell for one
General Powell, for one
Mochrie of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
C·3+O·1+L·1+I·1+N·1 = 7 pts
comic (11 points)
Club cracker (wordplay)
Bringing relief, maybe
A real standup type (wordplay)
C·3+O·1+M·3+I·1+C·3 = 11 pts
comix (16 points)
Funny papers, slangily
Sunday color section, slangily
Underground cartoonist's products
C·3+O·1+M·3+I·1+X·8 = 16 pts
conic (9 points)
Shaped like a dunce cap
Cylindrical and tapering.
Like the Sorting Hat at Hogwarts
C·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 9 pts
conin (7 points)
Alkaloid from the poison hemlock.
Alkaloid from the poison hemlock
Poisonous alkaloid
C·3+O·1+N·1+I·1+N·1 = 7 pts
corgi (8 points)
Blimey - soldier chasing a dog!
The Queen's favourite (wordplay)
Lumme, that doggone American soldier!
C·3+O·1+R·1+G·2+I·1 = 8 pts
coria (7 points)
del Rio town near Sevilla
Layers of skin.
Layers of skin
C·3+O·1+R·1+I·1+A·1 = 7 pts
cosie (7 points)
""A covering for a teapot, also COSEY, COZEY, COZIE""
C·3+O·1+S·1+I·1+E·1 = 7 pts
covin (10 points)
Collusion: Law
C·3+O·1+V·4+I·1+N·1 = 10 pts
cozie (16 points)
""A covering for a teapot, also COSEY, COSIE, COZEY""
C·3+O·1+Z·10+I·1+E·1 = 16 pts
cribs (9 points)
Rockers with babes, maybe
Mobile homes (wordplay)
Banned aids (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+I·1+B·3+S·1 = 9 pts
crick (13 points)
Wrench (neck or back)
Pain in the neck
Watson's partner
C·3+R·1+I·1+C·3+K·5 = 13 pts
cried (8 points)
Exhibited joy, maybe
Made one's mascara run, maybe
Ruined one's mascara, maybe
C·3+R·1+I·1+E·1+D·2 = 8 pts
crier (7 points)
Old yeller (wordplay)
Town's man (wordplay)
Medieval broadcaster (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+I·1+E·1+R·1 = 7 pts
cries (7 points)
Displays joy, maybe
Reacts to a ballad, maybe
Betrays hunger, maybe
C·3+R·1+I·1+E·1+S·1 = 7 pts
crime (9 points)
Robbery, for one
Job that doesn't pay (wordplay)
Theft, for one
C·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+E·1 = 9 pts
crimp (11 points)
Pinch edges (as a piecrust)
Make one's hair groovy (wordplay)
Wrinkle in a salon job (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+I·1+M·3+P·3 = 11 pts
cripe (9 points)
One mild expletive (wordplay)
C·3+R·1+I·1+P·3+E·1 = 9 pts
crisp (9 points)
Like ideally-cooked bacon (IMHO)
Chip, to a chap (wordplay)
What chips should be
C·3+R·1+I·1+S·1+P·3 = 9 pts
croci (9 points)
Early spring relatives of irises (Var.)
Signs of spring
They spring up in spring
C·3+R·1+O·1+C·3+I·1 = 9 pts
cubic (11 points)
Of the third power (mathematically)
Young bear half-frozen - like solid!
Shaped like dice
C·3+U·1+B·3+I·1+C·3 = 11 pts
cubit (9 points)
Youngster with oomph? 25 many years ago!
Ancient linear unit
Unit of length for Noah
C·3+U·1+B·3+I·1+T·1 = 9 pts
cuifs (10 points)
Cuif
C·3+U·1+I·1+F·4+S·1 = 10 pts
cuing (8 points)
Holding up a card, perhaps
Holding up a card perhaps
Showing one's cards (wordplay)
C·3+U·1+I·1+N·1+G·2 = 8 pts
cuish (10 points)
Suit of armor component (var.)
Armor piece Var.
Piece of armor plate
C·3+U·1+I·1+S·1+H·4 = 10 pts
culti (7 points)
Cultus
C·3+U·1+L·1+T·1+I·1 = 7 pts
cumin (9 points)
31 to enter, if mispronounced (wordplay)
Aromatic seeds used in cooking
Curry powder ingredient
C·3+U·1+M·3+I·1+N·1 = 9 pts
cupid (10 points)
One who aims to hit singles (wordplay)
What a lovely little vessel I had!
Lover boy (wordplay)
C·3+U·1+P·3+I·1+D·2 = 10 pts
curia (7 points)
See you bring back oxygen from court
Papal see court
Papal court, Vatican government
C·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+A·1 = 7 pts
curie (7 points)
Radium finder (wordplay)
Scientist Marie or Pierre
Unit of radioactivity.
C·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+E·1 = 7 pts
curio (7 points)
Unusual collectible (wordplay)
Flea market item, perhaps
Keepsake in a cabinet, perhaps
C·3+U·1+R·1+I·1+O·1 = 7 pts
cutie (7 points)
Attractive person (informal)
Attractive person (or animal)
Attractive young woman (slang)
C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+E·1 = 7 pts
cutin (7 points)
Replace a dancer, perhaps
Make an incisive move (wordplay)
Tap on the shoulder maybe
C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+N·1 = 7 pts
cutis (7 points)
Layer of skin
The First the Deepest
Layer of skin.
C·3+U·1+T·1+I·1+S·1 = 7 pts
cylix (17 points)
""A drinking vessel, also KYLIX""
C·3+Y·4+L·1+I·1+X·8 = 17 pts
cynic (12 points)
Ambrose Bierce for one
Diogenes, for one
Diogenes for one
C·3+Y·4+N·1+I·1+C·3 = 12 pts

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